Sam Boam

Christian, husband and father, GP, Conservative candidate for Sheriff Hutton and Derwent 2027

[Julian Jessop @julianHjessop]

This... 👇

And just to add...

1⃣ it's not good enough to say that the fire service requested a national alert - politicians should decide and they should take the wider costs into account, as well as any potential benefits (this didn't happen with the Covid lockdowns either, partly because the medics insisted on them...)

2⃣ costs here include people deciding to turn off alerts because they are disruptive and annoying, and the unnecessary alarm caused to more vulnerable people including the elderly or those in crowded public spaces (I know examples of both 🫤)

[Robert Colvile @rcolvile]

I'm a huge fan of devolution. I want to believe in Burnham's agenda. But I worry that it's being delivered by the most extraordinary act of centralisation we've seen in decades - one that goes against all the rhetoric about letting local areas choose for themselves. (1/?)

[Dan Hitchens @ddhitchens]

1. For this week’s @spectator I interviewed as many hospice staff as I could, and found an extraordinary strength of feeling about the Leadbeater bill.

Amy Proffitt, former president of the Association for Palliative Medicine, says: ‘It has the potential to destroy the sector.’

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

These thugs fractured the spine of Sgt Kate Evans, who spoke in court of the medical and emotional trauma she still lives with.
Prison is where they belong.
Unlike Zack Polanski, I want serious consequences for anyone who attacks police officers risking their lives to protect us.

[Cllr Elliot Keck @ElliotKeck]

"In England, Tory-run councils consistently deliver more efficient services with more modest council tax rises. In 2023-24, Conservative councils repaired five times as much road as Labour ones. The Conservative slogan during this campaign – ‘Lower Taxes, Better Services’ – is just as clear as Reform’s, but has the benefit of reflecting what these elections are about."

@TheSpectator on why you (am looking at you @alysdenby!!) should be voting Conservative next Thursday

https://t.co/4rzI8nUMGJ

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

Knocking on doors today in Burythorpe, already spoken to around 500 residents, 13 more months to speak to the rest!

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

Our mayor never misses a chance to disadvantage our countryside to benefit York!
https://t.co/URYBEtkThn

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

@LucyTrims @AlexanderMarsh_ It's a great result!

[Cllr Lucy Trimnell 🫖 @LucyTrims]

Wow what a result! It’s the one that we canvassed for a couple of weeks ago and we had a good feel on the doors then! Many congratulations to our newest Councillor Tom Martin! @SJBoam @AlexanderMarsh_

[Claire Coutinho @ClaireCoutinho]

Motherhood is the best thing that ever happened to me. It’s the greatest joy in my life.

And yet more and more families are not having babies even when we know they want to.

We should care deeply about this - v pleased to be working with @csjthinktank on this.

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

@Rearn01T @kevinhollinrake @AudenShirley 'made up rubbish' but for whatever reason I am able to respond politely and interact like a human being, and you spend your time on here just insulting people. Have a nice day!

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

@Rearn01T @kevinhollinrake @AudenShirley All of course absolute rubbish, except personally happy to see Maggie on a banknote!

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

@Rearn01T @kevinhollinrake @AudenShirley Conservative politicians have had lots to say about what is going on in the world, they can still call out rubbish like this by organisations owned by the Government. I don't think anybody is 'panicking', more see it for what it is, another step to erase heroes like Churchill.

[Sam Boam @SJBoam]

@Rearn01T @kevinhollinrake @AudenShirley Why is it those speaking out against this have the wrong priorities, but the people actually making these changes get a free pass?

[Allison Pearson @AllisonPearson]

Today, let us remember Atefeh who was hanged for “crimes against chastity”.
She was 16 years old and she’d been raped.
Death to the misogynist monsters of the Islamic Republic.
Long live Iran.

[Noa Hoffman @hoffman_noa]

EXCL: Kemi Badenoch is mulling a plan to ease the student debt crisis crippling millions.

The Tory leader is looking at help for graduates on controversial plan 2 student loans.

The Sun understands Ms Badenoch wants to seize the issue as a vote-winner while rivals avoid it.

[Katie Lam @Katie_Lam_MP]

We hear a lot about “toxic masculinity” and the dangers of men. Men do commit the vast majority of crime.

But show true masculinity - action, protectiveness, courage - like Mark, and you get crushed.

If you think this is awful, as I do, please sign @KieranMullanUK’s petition.

[Cllr Elliot Keck @ElliotKeck]

The quality of our MPs should be a national scandal, and improving it should be one of the top priorities for anyone working in politics

[Kemi Badenoch @KemiBadenoch]

Keira was let down by a system obsessed with transgender ideology.

We must protect vulnerable children from being taken advantage of again. This fight is not over. We must stop the Streeting Trial.

This is Keira’s story👇

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

Exactly this it has mass support among the public and supporters of all big parties back it - just 11% oppose. Speaking to parents in focus groups they are desperate for govt action because it’s so hard to do at individual parent level because it means your kid missing out.